Misplaced Pages

#182817

114-518: The RTÉ Television Centre is a television studio building which is owned by Ireland's national public service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann . It is part of the RTÉ campus located at Donnybrook in South Dublin. The building houses the main production studios for RTÉ Television , the control rooms for all RTÉ's TV channels, and RTÉ's main newsroom . Along with a number of other buildings on

228-478: A "Lo" option to remove the selection with the smallest prize, or "No" to reject their selection and pick again. Contestants received one bonus wheel for free, and can collect up to three additional bonus wheels during Treasure Ireland. They are redeemed in the second round—"Cash 'Em or Keep 'Em"—to play a minigame awarding cash prizes, choosing from either the Diamond Dilemma (one wheel; worth up to €12,000),

342-900: A PBS member station – through pay television providers in Canada via member stations located near the U.S.–Canada border . These educational public broadcasters include the English-language TVOntario (TVO) and the French-language TFO in Ontario , Télé-Québec in Quebec , and Knowledge Network in British Columbia . TVO and Télé-Québec operate through conventional transmitters and cable, while TFO and Knowledge Network are cable-only channels. Beyond these and other provincial services, Canada does not have

456-470: A cable-only educational and cultural public broadcaster owned by the government of Saskatchewan . SCN was sold to Bluepoint Investment Corporation in 2010, and like CTV Two Alberta did when it became privatized, incorporated a limited schedule of entertainment programming during the late afternoon and nighttime hours, while retaining educational and children's programs during the morning until mid-afternoon to fulfill its licensing conditions; Bluepoint later sold

570-471: A chance of winning €250,000. A new series began on 12 September 2009, with Marty Whelan replacing Power (who then landed a job on The All Ireland Talent Show ). Near the end of the season, the jackpot of €500,000 was won. Síle Seoige replaced Kathryn Thomas as co-presenter with Marty Whelan for the 16 January 2010 episode while Thomas was filming in Trinidad and Tobago . Marty also took time off for

684-428: A chance to spin a wheel for a chance to win the programme's grand prize, which had escalated to one million Euro by the end of the series. Winning Streak was RTÉ's flagship Saturday night show between early September and late May (however from 1990 until 1993 it was aired on Friday nights). The show brought consistently high ratings for the channel, often ranking among the top five in the ratings and at one point held

798-555: A community-funded radio network. CJRT-FM in Toronto also operated as a public government-owned radio station for many years; while no longer funded by the provincial government, it still solicits most of its budget from listener and corporate donations and is permitted to air only a very small amount of commercial advertising. City Saskatchewan originated as the Saskatchewan Communications Network,

912-599: A frequency of 96.9 FM MHz founded by the president of that era, Alfonso Quiñónez Molina . On 4 November 1964 the Government of El Salvador founded Televisión Educativa de El Salvador as an educational television with the channels 8 and 10. And since 1989, Channel 10 became the only public television channel in El Salvador. In Mexico, public stations are operated by municipalities, state governments and universities, there are five national public channels. Canal Once

1026-417: A government department under the administrative hierarchy, it enjoys editorial independence . It operates seven radio channels and produces television programmes and broadcast on commercial television channels, as these channels are required by law to provide timeslots for RTHK television programmes. RTHK would be assigned a digital terrestrial television channel during 2013 to 2015. In India, Prasar Bharati

1140-531: A large amount of households has led the receiving fee to become something of a political issue. NHK runs two national terrestrial TV stations ( NHK General and NHK Educational ) and three satellite only services ( NHK BS , NHK BS Premium4K , and NHK BS8K services). NHK also runs 3 national radio services and a number of international radio and television services, akin to the BBC World Service . NHK has also been an innovator in television, developing

1254-473: A matching space from five options. Treasure Ireland now presented 16 counties, with some concealing cash and prizes as before, but some containing free picks for Spin & Win, and some containing minigames such as the Goldmine, the "Diamond Dilemma" (where the contestant chose from a set of "diamonds", and could either take a guaranteed IR£10,000 prize, or open the diamond to reveal a prize of up to IR£20,000),

SECTION 10

#1732797704183

1368-581: A national educational public television network ( TV Cultura , launched in 1969 in São Paulo , which is available in all Brazilian states through its 135 affiliates), two radio stations ( Rádio Cultura FM and Rádio Cultura Brasil, both broadcasting to Greater São Paulo ), two educational TV channels aimed at distance education (TV Educação and Univesp TV, which is available on free-to-air digital TV in São Paulo and nationally by cable and satellite), and

1482-410: A national programming network. TVRI operates three national television channels, plus more than 32 regional stations. There are also independent local public broadcasters which founded by local government in several cities or regencies. They are obligated to network with either RRI or TVRI, depending on the medium, though they are not owned and operated by the two. In Japan, the main public broadcaster

1596-514: A national public educational network. Canada is also home to a number of former public broadcasting entities that have gone private. CTV Two Alberta , which is licensed as an educational television station in Alberta, was once owned by the Alberta government as the public broadcaster Access. In 1993, the provincial government agreed to cease to direct funding of Access after the 1994 fiscal year;

1710-702: A radio network in November 1936. It is the successor to the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC), which was established by the administration of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett in 1932, modeled on recommendations made in 1929 by the Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting and stemming from lobbying efforts by the Canadian Radio League . The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation took over operation of

1824-473: A relaunch of RTÉ News presentation on Monday 28 January 2019. The refurbishment of the studio and news presentation was part of a €1.7 million revamp. 6,525 sq ft (606.2 m) This is the largest television studio in Ireland and it can accommodate audiences of up to 300. The studio is home to programmes such as The Late Late Show , The Tommy Tiernan Show and Claire Byrne Live . Studio 4

1938-498: A secondary affiliate of the English language CBC Television service. CBC operates two national television networks ( CBC Television and Ici Radio-Canada Télé ), four radio networks ( CBC Radio One , CBC Radio 2 , Ici Radio-Canada Première , and Ici Musique ) and several cable television channels including two 24-hour news channels ( CBC News Network and Ici RDI ) in both of Canada's official languages – English and French – and

2052-406: A small studio for radio news bulletins. There were only three studios in the original building completed in 1962, however, since then a number of new studios and sound stages have been added to the existing complex. From the early 1970s all the studios were gradually converted to colour operation starting with Studio 3, the news studio, and finishing with Studio 1 in 1976. Since January 2019 all of

2166-742: A strong history of public broadcasting in South America. Inaugurated in 1963, Televisión Nacional Uruguay (TNU) is now linked to the Ministry of Education and Culture of the country. In addition, the Radiodifusión Nacional de Uruguay is a network of radios with 20 different stations in AM and FM that cover the entire country. Since 1998, the Venezuelan state had only one television channel Venezolana de Televisión , and after 2002

2280-455: A tombola drum. The specific games played varied across the programme's run, but each episode concluded with a competitive round (known in its final series as the "Wheel Reveal") to determine who would spin the big wheel for a chance at the programme's grand prize. In its latest form, each contestant stood at a podium with five numbered tubes—three of them concealing a wheel. A lottery machine (referred to as "the bubble") randomly selected one of

2394-465: Is public service . Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing, and commercial financing, and claim to avoid both political interference and commercial influence. Common media include AM , FM , and shortwave radio ; television; and the Internet . Public broadcasting may be nationally or locally operated, depending on

SECTION 20

#1732797704183

2508-690: Is India's public broadcaster. It is an autonomous corporation of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) , Government of India and comprises the Doordarshan television network ( DD National , DD India , DD News , DD Retro ) and All India Radio . Prasar Bharati was established on 23 November 1997, following a demand that the government owned broadcasters in India should be given autonomy like those in many other countries. The Parliament of India passed an Act to grant this autonomy in 1990, but it

2622-583: Is an Irish television game show that was produced for the National Lottery , and broadcast from 21 September 1990 to 21 March 2020 on RTÉ One . Produced in RTE's Studio 1 at their Television Centre in Dublin, the series featured contestants qualified via National Lottery scratchcards , who received the chance to win cash and other prizes. The climax of each episode featured one of the contestants receiving

2736-465: Is argued to exist when the benefits to viewers are relatively high in comparison to the benefits to advertisers from contacting viewers. This frequently is the case in undeveloped countries that normally have low benefits to advertising. An alternative funding model proposed by Michael Slaby is to give every citizen credits they can use to pay qualified media sources for civic information and reporting. Additionally, public broadcasting may facilitate

2850-587: Is becoming increasingly common for them to adopt the format and branding of a local news channel. Canada also has a large number of campus radio and community radio stations. Colombia had between 1955 and 1998 a public television system very similar to that adopted by the NPO in the Netherlands, where private television producers called " programadoras " were given hours on the country's two public television channels ( Cadena Uno and Canal A ). In 1998, when

2964-578: Is incompatible with commercial objectives. The other is that public broadcasting can and should compete in the marketplace with commercial broadcasters. This dichotomy is highlighted by the public service aspects of traditional commercial broadcasters. Public broadcasters in each jurisdiction may or may not be synonymous with government controlled broadcasters. Public broadcasters may receive their funding from an obligatory television licence fee, individual contributions, government funding or commercial sources. Public broadcasters do not rely on advertising to

3078-529: Is no longer available in the Goldmine. Instead avoiding the Eliminator until the end wins the player an extra €25,000. Only one player now plays Diamond Dilemma. There are now 12 silver diamonds and 3 gold diamonds. The silver diamonds contain cash prizes between €3,000 and €10,000, plus one 'Extra'. If the player chose the 'Extra', then they get to choose one of the three gold diamonds, which contain prizes between €25,000 and €50,000. The cheque to walk away from

3192-793: Is owned and operated by the National Politechnical Institute . It started transmissions on 2 March 1959 as the first public broadcasting television in Mexico. The government of Mexico implemented Telesecundaria in 1968 to provide secondary education to students in rural areas through broadcast television channels, such as XHGC-TV in Mexico City. With the launching of the Morelos II satellite, Telesecundaria began transmitting on one of its analog channels in 1988; in 1994, it began broadcasting in digital format with

3306-890: Is part of the university and cultural diffusion. Canal Catorce was founded in 2012 and is operated by the Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano (SPR), an agency from the Federal Government. In the United States , public broadcasters may receive some funding from both federal and state sources, but generally most of their financial support comes from underwriting by foundations and businesses (ranging from small shops to corporations), along with audience contributions via pledge drives . The great majority operate as private not-for-profit corporations . Early public stations were operated by state colleges and universities and were often run as part of

3420-692: Is the NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation). The broadcaster was set up in 1926 and was modelled on the British Broadcasting Company , the precursor to the British Broadcasting Corporation created in 1927. Much like the BBC, NHK is funded by a "receiving fee" from every Japanese household, with no commercial advertising and the maintenance of a position of strict political impartiality. However, rampant non-payment by

3534-592: Is the public service channel of Ecuador, established in October 2007. The channel was established at the same time as the installation of the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly so that the sessions could be transmitted live to all the country. Salvadoran broadcasting has a public service radio and television channel. On 1 March 1926 began the operation as the first Central American broadcasting network called "Radio Nacional de El Salvador" with

RTÉ Television Centre - Misplaced Pages Continue

3648-569: The Bolivarian Revolution . The Bengali primary state television broadcaster is Bangladesh Television which also broadcasts worldwide through its satellite based branch, BTV World . There are also terrestrial state run TV channels: Sangsad TV owned and operated by Bengali parliament that covers the proceedings of the Parliament. The Bangladesh Betar (BB) is the country's sole state radio broadcaster. Radio transmission in

3762-564: The Eurovision Song Contest , with guest presenters such as John Creedon , Brian Ormond , and Dáithí Ó Sé filling in for him. On 21 December 2011, Geri Maye was announced as the new co-presenter, alongside Marty Whelan. She had previously presented the Dream Maker Wheel segment. She replaced Kathryn Thomas. She presented until the 2013–2014 season when Sinead Kennedy replaced her. On 4 January 2014, for

3876-805: The FM band was authorized to begin normal broadcasting. Houston 's KUHT was the nation's first public television station founded by Dr. John W. Meaney, and signed on the air on May 25, 1953, from the campus of the University of Houston . In rural areas, it was not uncommon for colleges to operate commercial stations instead (e.g., the University of Missouri 's KOMU , an NBC -affiliated television station in Columbia ). The FCC had reserved almost 250 broadcast frequencies for use as educational television stations in 1953, though by 1960, only 44 stations allocated for educational use had begun operations. The passage of

3990-636: The Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso on channels 8 and 4. Channel 8, in Valparaíso , is the first and oldest station on Chile, transmitting since 5 October 1957. As soon as 1961 universities began transmitting advertisements between their programmes, the first of them being the Channel ;9, showing a Motorola TV set. This kind of disguised advertising took the name of "Payola". This situation, added to

4104-563: The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 precipitated the development of the current public broadcasting system in the U.S. The legislation established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a private entity that is charged with facilitating programming diversity among public broadcasters, the development and expansion of non-commercial broadcasting, and providing funding to local stations to help them create programs;

4218-517: The presidential election in 2018 that the public broadcaster is allegedly a "job hanger" (public company existing only for the purpose of securing positions for political allies) and has proposed to privatize or extinguish the public company. On April 9, 2021, the president inserted the public company into the National Privatization Program, with the intention of carrying out studies about the possibility of privatization of

4332-456: The "Ball Drum" (two wheels; contestants launched seven billiard balls numbered 6 to 15 into a swirling drum, and the contestant winning € 1,000 multiplied by the value of the ball that finishes in the centre), or the Compass (three wheels, worth up to €25,000). Also in this series, the "Phoneplay" game was introduced, where three home players (selected from players who entered using a code on

4446-458: The "Compass" (a compass -themed wheel with cash prizes), or "Spin the Wheel" (where a contestant spun a wheel twice, winning the highest amount they land on). If unclaimed, Spin the Wheel is played automatically by the player who won the least in the round. In 2001, Murphy left RTÉ to pursue other ventures, and retired from presenting Winning Streak after the 2000–01 series. Derek Mooney became

4560-525: The 2005–2006 series. The format was largely unchanged from the last series, and scratchcards still carried the Doubler for the first half of the series. From 31 December 2005—11 March 2006, Laura Woods served as guest presenter while Mooney hosted RTÉ's music competition You're a Star . The Doubler feature was removed in 2006. There was now a car available in the Sliding Door Game, but it

4674-561: The Advancement of New Language Applications Ltd.'), a private not-for-profit consortium of educational institutions in the province of Quebec. Some local community stations also operate non-commercially with funding from corporate and individual donors. In addition, cable companies are required to produce a local community channel in each licensed market. Such channels have traditionally aired community talk shows, city council meetings and other locally oriented programming, although it

RTÉ Television Centre - Misplaced Pages Continue

4788-585: The CPB receives funding earmarked by the federal government as well as through public and private donations. Public television and radio in the U.S. have, from the late 1960s onward, dealt with severe criticism from conservative politicians and think-tanks (such as The Heritage Foundation ), which allege that its programming has a leftist bias and there have been successful attempts to reduce – though not eliminate – funding for public television stations by some state legislatures. The first public radio network in

4902-654: The CRBC's nine radio stations (which were largely concentrated in major cities across Canada, including Toronto , Vancouver , Montreal , and Ottawa ). The CBC eventually expanded to television in September 1952 with the sign-on of CBFT in Montreal; CBFT was the first television station in Canada to initiate full-time broadcasts, which initially served as a primary affiliate of the French language Télévision de Radio-Canada and

5016-470: The Colombian government allowed the opening of television to the private market by granting two broadcast licenses to the programadoras Caracol Televisión and RCN Televisión , these television producers went into crisis, causing many to end their activities or produce content for the private television channels. Currently, Colombia has three public channels (one is operated by a private company formed by

5130-559: The French-language channels Ici Explora and Ici ARTV , dedicated to science and culture respectively. CBC's national television operations and some radio operations are funded partly by advertisements, in addition to the subsidy provided by the federal government. The cable channels are commercial entities owned and operated by the CBC and do not receive any direct public funds, however, they do benefit from synergies with resources from

5244-673: The Public Radio Satellite System. Cultural Native American and Mexican American music and programming are also featured regionally. NPR is colloquially though inaccurately conflated with public radio as a whole, when in fact "public radio" includes many organizations. In the United States, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) serves as the nation's main public television provider. When it launched in October 1970, PBS assumed many of

5358-472: The RTÉ Newsroom. 540 sq ft (50 m) 400 sq ft (37 m) 400 sq ft (37 m) 5,865 sq ft (544.9 m) 5,865 sq ft (544.9 m) 430 sq ft (40 m) Public broadcasting Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting ) involves radio , television , and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission

5472-473: The Secretariat of Communication of the state government. Brazil also has many campus radio and community radio stations and several educational local TV channels (many of them belonging to public and private universities). In Canada, the main public broadcaster is the national Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC; French : Société Radio-Canada ), a crown corporation – which originated as

5586-455: The United States was founded in 1949 in Berkeley, California, as station KPFA , which became and remains the flagship station for a national network called Pacifica Radio . From the beginning, the network has refused corporate funding of any kind, and has relied mainly on listener support. KPFA gave away free FM radios to build a listener base and to encourage listeners to "subscribe" (support

5700-473: The Winning Streak scratchcard were randomly selected to pick from one of three spaces; two contain cash prizes between €1,000 and €2,500, and the other contains the star prize of a new car. Win & Spin was played almost identically to before (with three winning spaces, now denoted by wheel symbols hidden behind graphics of Streak), except that free picks were no longer given to each contestant before

5814-691: The advent of the Solidaridad I satellite, and Edusat was established and began transmitting in Mexico, Central America and certain regions of the United States. In 1982, Canal 22 was founded and began operations eleven years later by the Ministry of Culture as part of the "RED México". In 2005 the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM in Spanish) began transmissions as the sister channel of XEUN-AM and XEUN-FM (both radio stations founded in 1959), TV UNAM which

SECTION 50

#1732797704183

5928-587: The award-winning drama Love/Hate . The sound stages are named A and B and both measure 5,865 sq ft (544.9 m). 4,180 sq ft (388 m) Completed in 1962, Studio 1 was originally the largest studio in the television centre and was originally designed for variety shows, dramas and musicals. The studio can comfortably accommodate an audience of 120. It is currently home to many of RTÉ's game shows, including Winning Streak and Know The Score . Former programmes recorded or transmitted included: 1,980 sq ft (184 m) Studio 2,

6042-417: The big wheel, which contains different segments each with their own prize value. When the wheel is spun, a ball bounces around, and the contestant wins whichever prize the ball rests on. The programme was initially presented by Mike Murphy . In its original format, the show began with the "Scratch Card Game", where each contestant got three "scratches" on their card, which won them cars, holidays or cash. This

6156-638: The broadcaster. While many members have significant editorial independence, the Alliance includes organizations that have significant state control, especially with regard to island nations. In Brazil, the two main national public broadcasters are Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC) and the Fundação Padre Anchieta (FPA). EBC was created in 2007 to manage the Brazilian federal government's radio and television stations. EBC owns broadcast

6270-458: The bubble was activated, and leftover bonus wheels not redeemed in the previous round were turned into additional winning spaces. As this was seen as providing an unfair advantage in a game of chance, the bonus wheels were replaced later in the series by "Golden Euros", which could instead add bonus spaces to Win & Spin that awarded €10,000 cash when revealed. With the switch to the Euro currency,

6384-588: The campus, it is included in Dublin City Council's Record of Protected Structures (Ref. No. 8888) When plans for an Irish national television station were developed in the late 1950s attention quickly turned to a suitable location for the new television studios and adjoining offices. By September 1959, a 25-acre area of land on the Stillorgan road in Donnybrook became the favoured site for

6498-423: The case of accessibility, some of the principles may be poorly defined or difficult to implement. In the context of a shifting national identity, the role of public broadcasting may be unclear. Likewise, the subjective nature of good programming may raise the question of individual or public taste. Within public broadcasting there are two different views regarding commercial activity. One is that public broadcasting

6612-600: The channel to Rogers Media in 2012, expanding a relationship it began with SCN in January of that year, when Rogers began supplying entertainment programming to the channel through an affiliation agreement with its English-language broadcast network, Citytv . One television station, CFTU in Montreal , operates as an educational station owned by CANAL ( French : Corporation pour l'Avancement de Nouvelles Applications des Langages Ltée , lit.   'Corporation for

6726-622: The channel was sold to CHUM Limited in 1995, which initially acquired the channel through a majority-owned subsidiary, Learning and Skills Television of Alberta Limited (LSTA). To fulfill its license conditions as an educational station, it broadcasts educational and children's programming during the daytime hours, while airing entertainment programming favoured by advertisers and viewers in prime time. The service discontinued its broadcast transmitters in Calgary and Edmonton in August 2011, due to

6840-455: The children's TV channel TV Rá-Tim-Bum , available nationally on pay TV. Many Brazilian states also have regional and statewide public radio and television stations. One example is Minas Gerais , which has the EMC ( Empresa Mineira de Comunicação ), a public corporation created in 2016 modelled on EBC, formed by Rede Minas , a statewide television network and the two stations of Rádio Inconfidência , which operates in AM, FM and shortwave ; in

6954-409: The contestant that chooses them to play Diamond Dilemma. They are numbered 1 and 2 to determine who plays that game first. The final door lets that player play the Goldmine. In the second round, which now doesn't have a name. three cars are now also hidden amongst the cash prizes in the Diamond Dilemma, and the cheque value has now been reduced to €6,000. For each week a car isn't won, another is added to

SECTION 60

#1732797704183

7068-490: The corporation decommissioning its network of rebroadcasters following Canada's transition to digital television in August 2011 have significantly reduced the terrestrial coverage of both CBC Television and Ici Radio-Canada Télé; the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) does require cable, satellite and IPTV providers to carry CBC and Radio-Canada stations as part of their basic tier, regardless of terrestrial availability in an individual market. Of

7182-451: The country and the station. In some countries a single organization runs public broadcasting. Other countries have multiple public-broadcasting organizations operating regionally or in different languages. Historically, public broadcasting was once the dominant or only form of broadcasting in many countries (with the notable exceptions of the United States, Mexico, and Brazil). Commercial broadcasting now also exists in most of these countries;

7296-467: The expense of transitioning the two stations to digital , and the fact that the service had mandatory carriage on television providers serving Alberta regardless of whether it ran over-the-air transmitters. The service has since operated as part of Bell Media 's CTV Two chain of stations. Public radio station CKUA in Alberta was also formerly operated by Access, before being sold to the non-profit CKUA Radio Foundation which continues to operate it as

7410-533: The fact that TV was only reaching Santiago and Valparaíso , led to the creation of a state network that should serve the entire country. This network, created in 1964 and in operation since 24 October 1969, is known as " Televisión Nacional de Chile ". After the military government of Augusto Pinochet , television was mostly deregulated. Thus, two new commercial channels were born: Megavisión (Channel 9, on 23 October 1990) and La Red (Channel 4, on 12 May 1991). The University of Chile's Channel 11 also

7524-504: The feat of being Europe's second longest-running game show (behind only Channel 4 's Countdown ). However, there was a significant drop in viewership during the 2008/2009 series. The show first aired on 21 September 1990 with host Mike Murphy . In 2001, he was succeeded by Derek Mooney . Mooney stepped down as the show's host at the end of the 2007–08 season. The 2008–09 series was retooled as Winning Streak: Dream Ticket , with new co-hosts Kathryn Thomas and Aidan Power . They were

7638-465: The first duo to host the programme and Thomas was the show's first permanent female presenter. Aidan Power stood down after the 2008–09 series due to his commitments to The Cafe and The All Ireland Talent Show . Marty Whelan succeeded Aidan, co-hosting the 2009/10 series with Kathryn, which aired from 12 September 2009 until 29 May 2010. Kathryn was later replaced with Geri Maye , who presented alongside Whelan until 2013, when Sinéad Kennedy assumed

7752-437: The first purpose-built television studios in Ireland, as existing studios in Belfast had been set up in converted buildings. At the beginning of " The Troubles " in Northern Ireland, a bomb damaged the front of the building early on the morning of 5 August 1969. The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) claimed responsibility, this being the first bomb that they had ever planted in the Republic of Ireland. The bombing took place during

7866-523: The first time ever, a new €1,000,000 slot was introduced on the wheel. On 18 October 2014, Nuala Carey stood in for Sinead Kennedy, who was celebrating her wedding. It was announced in December 2014 that the show would be moved to a "summer slot" instead of the usual autumn to spring slot from 2015 onwards. Instead Nicky Byrne would host The Million Euro Challenge . It was confirmed by Marty Whelan that Winning Streak would be back on RTÉ One on Saturday 20 June 2015 and would run each Saturday night throughout

7980-423: The five contestants using a set of numbered balls (with two for each contestant), who then lifted one of their tubes to reveal its contents. In some eras of the programme, the contestants were given rounds of "free" picks from the spaces before the bubble was activated, and could also earn extra free picks as bonus prizes during the first half of the show. The first contestant to reveal their three wheels advanced to

8094-472: The functions of its predecessor, National Educational Television (NET). NET was shut down by the Ford Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after the network refused to stop airing documentaries on varying social issues that had alienated many of the network's affiliates. PBS would later acquire Educational Television Stations , an organization founded by the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), in 1973. Uruguay has

8208-639: The game cost a minimum of one Golden Euro, but contestants could spend additional Golden Euros to add additional balls, winning the total value of whatever spaces they land in. In the second half of the series, from January to June, all Golden Euros had to be used in Cash 'Em or Keep 'Em. That meant that players with just the one they started with played Roulette, two, Diamond Dilemma, and so on. The player got just two balls to play with in Roulette. From September to December 2003, three additional players were drawn from

8322-471: The game the next week. In the Goldmine, there are 7 "scuttles" on the screen, and the player gets two free attempts. From the third guess onwards, the Eliminator comes into play. If the player gets to the end without hitting it, they win a car. One player was drawn each week to go through to a special week-long series over the Christmas period, Winning Streak: Winner Takes All . In 2005, a "Doubler" feature

8436-437: The game with is now worth €7,500. On the wheel, the show returned to placing an additional €250,000 space to the wheel every time said prize was not won. In 2008, Winning Streak underwent its second major revamp, with new co-presenters Kathryn Thomas and Aidan Power , and being retitled Winning Streak: Dream Ticket for this series. Contestants were now guaranteed at least €20,000 for their participation and one of those had

8550-424: The game. This was then followed by the final "Win & Spin" game to determine who would spin the wheel. The contestants initially had to reveal four numbered spaces containing letters from the word "spin". This was later changed to only needing to find three spaces with the letters of the word "win". The jackpot on the big wheel was IR£ 250,000 ( € 317,434); the lowest cash prize was IR£10,000 (€12,697). Each time

8664-495: The government decided to launch the channel ViVe (2003), teleSUR (2005), TVES (2007) (a signal that until that year was occupied by RCTV ) and Asamblea Nacional Televisión in addition to supporting and financing a network of community channels as well as Ávila Television belonging to the Metropolitan Mayor's Office of Caracas. United States politicians have commented that TeleSUR is a propaganda tool in favor of

8778-525: The implementation of a cultural policy (an industrial policy and investment policy for culture). Examples include: As an industry organization for public media, the Public Media Alliance supports its members and the industry of public media more broadly. For example, the Alliance advocated against a proposal on the Isle of Man that they felt would jeopardize the editorial independence of

8892-504: The jackpot wasn't won, another black IR£250,000 segment was added to the wheel the next week. For the 2000–01 series (Murphy's last), a new jackpot was added of IR£500,000 (€634,869), and a new segment added to the wheel. There were no additions made for this amount, but the IR£250,000 rule was still applied. In later series, the opening game was now a car game, with contestants assigned a specific make of car, and winning said car if they pick

9006-564: The largest purpose-built television studio in Ireland. From the early 1980s onwards it would be home to the majority of RTÉ's large audience based shows. In 1995 Studio 4 was redeveloped to better cater for audiences, and a new permanent seating rostra was built into it that can accommodate audiences of up to 300. Today Studio 4 is one of the busiest studios in the Television Centre, accommodating The Late Late Show , The Ray D'Arcy Show and Prime Time all in one week. As well as

9120-672: The late 1970s, Studio 5 was the first studio in the television centre to be upgraded to High Definition . Programmes broadcast from the studio include Prime Time , The Sunday Game , Soccer Republic , Against the Head , as well as RTÉ's coverage of the FIFA World Cup , UEFA Champions League , UEFA European Championship and Six Nations Championship . Studio 5 was used as the main election studio for RTÉ's 2020 general election coverage in February 2020, supported by Studio 3 and

9234-723: The network has moved its programming to stations opened by the corporation or has purchased certain affiliates from private broadcasting groups; budgetary issues led the CBC to choose not to launch new rebroadcast transmitters in markets where the network disaffiliated from a private station after 2006; the network dropped its remaining private affiliates in 2016, when CJDC-TV — Dawson Creek and CFTK-TV — Terrace, British Columbia defected from CBC Television that February and Lloydminster -based CKSA-DT disaffiliated in August of that year (to become affiliates of CTV Two and Global , respectively). The CBC's decision to disaffiliate from these and other privately owned stations, as well as

9348-452: The new presenter of Winning Streak in September 2001, with the programme concurrently receiving a major visual and format revamp. "Treasure Ireland" remained the opening round of the programme, which now featured the contestants picking Irish locations and landmarks to be visited by Streak—the programme's new animated robot mascot—for a chance to win cash and holidays, as well as collect "bonus wheels". At certain stages, contestants could use

9462-441: The new television production centre. On 3 October 1960, the new Radio Éireann Authority signed a £500,000 contract for the construction of the television centre and offices at the proposed location. A few hours after this the contractors began to move in. The contract was awarded to Messrs. E. Stone & Sons Ltd. from Thorncastle street in Dublin, one of four firms invited to tender. The building when completed in 1962 contained

9576-413: The number of countries with only public broadcasting declined substantially during the latter part of the 20th century . The primary mission of public broadcasting is that of public service, speaking to and engaging as a citizen. The British model is often referenced in definitions. The model embodies the following principles: While the application of certain principles may be straightforward, as in

9690-461: The online radio service CBC Radio 3 , music streaming service CBC Music , and the launch of online news services, such as CBC Hamilton , in some markets which are not directly served by their own CBC television or radio stations. In addition, several provinces operate public broadcasters; these are not CBC subentities, but distinct networks in their own right. Most of the provincial services maintain an educational programming format, differing from

9804-412: The other CBC operations. The CBC has frequently dealt with budget cuts and labour disputes, often resulting in a debate about whether the service has the resources necessary to properly fulfill its mandate. As of 2017 , all of CBC Television's terrestrial stations are owned and operated by the CBC directly. The number of privately owned CBC Television affiliates has gradually declined in recent years, as

9918-475: The population of the Amazon region, and Agência Brasil , a news agency. Starting in 2021, EBC expanded the coverage of its radio stations through the new FM extended band to the metropolitan areas of São Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Recife, important Brazilian regions which did not have EBC radio stations. FPA is a non-profit foundation created by the government of the state of São Paulo in 1967 and includes

10032-410: The primarily entertainment-based CBC/Radio-Canada operations, but more closely formatted to (and carrying many of the same programs as) the U.S.-based Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which itself is available terrestrially and – under a CRTC rule that requires Canadian cable, satellite and IPTV providers to carry affiliates of the four major U.S. commercial networks ( ABC , NBC , CBS and Fox ) and

10146-636: The protest campaign by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association but before the 1969 riots . The Television Centre, designed by the Scott-Tallon-Walker firm of architects in Dublin, is 30 feet high with the tops of the main studios rising a further 15 feet above the roof line. In all there are eight television studios in the building, four main production studios; 1, 2, 4, and 5, a news studio; 3, and three presentation studios; 6, 7, and 8, as well as

10260-532: The public broadcaster. Some states often had problems with their public broadcasting services. In São Paulo, FPA had sometimes dealt with budget cuts, labor disputes and strikes. In Rio Grande do Sul, TVE-RS and FM Cultura were managed by the Piratini Foundation, a non-profit state foundation. However, due to the public debt crisis in the state, in 2018, the Piratini Foundation had its activities closed, and TVE-RS and FM Cultura started to be managed by

10374-609: The region now forming Bangladesh started in Dhaka on December 16, 1939. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Bangladesh) is responsible for the administration of all government TV channels and Radio. Radio Television Brunei (RTB) is the only public broadcaster in Brunei Darussalam. In Hong Kong, the Radio Television Hong Kong ( RTHK ) is the sole public service broadcaster. Although being

10488-650: The role of co-host. Winning Streak was placed on hiatus in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland . In February 2023, it was confirmed that the show had been cancelled, although RTÉ remained open to a potential reboot in the future. During each episode, five contestants played a series of chance-based minigames in order to win cash and prizes. Contestants were chosen from an on-air drawing of qualifying Winning Streak scratchcards from

10602-550: The same degree as commercial broadcasters, or at all; this allows public broadcasters to transmit programmes that are not commercially viable to the mass market , such as public affairs shows, radio and television documentaries , and educational programmes . One of the principles of public broadcasting is to provide coverage of interests for which there are missing or small markets. Public broadcasting attempts to supply topics of social benefit that are otherwise not provided by commercial broadcasters. Typically, such underprovision

10716-470: The schools' cooperative extension services . Stations in this era were internally funded, and did not rely on listener contributions to operate, some accepted advertising. Networks such as Iowa Public Radio , South Dakota Public Radio , and Wisconsin Public Radio began under this structure. The concept of a " non-commercial, educational " station per se did not show up in U.S. law until 1941, when

10830-462: The second of the original studios, was designed for interviews, panel games and current affairs programmes. Programmes recorded or transmitted included: 728 sq ft (67.6 m) RTÉ's main television news bulletins are aired from Studio 3. The original studio was extended and equipped with unmanned robotic cameras in 2009. During December 2018 and January 2019 the studio was refurbished and upgraded to High Definition working to coincide with

10944-498: The shares of four former programadoras ) and eight public radio stations (three stations are regional broadcasters). Chilean television was founded through universities, in an attempt to bring public television without the state having to pay directly and control content. The University of Chile (owner of the former channels 9 and 11 until 1993), the Catholic University of Chile on channels 2 and 13 until 2010, and

11058-730: The state of Pará , the state-funded foundation FUNTELPA ( Fundação Paraense de Radiodifusão ) operates the public educational state-wide television network Rede Cultura do Pará (which covers the entire state of Pará, reaching many cities of Brazilian Amazon ) and Rádio Cultura, a public radio station which broadcasts in FM for Belém . The state of Espírito Santo has the RTV-ES ( Rádio e Televisão Espírito Santo ), with its television channel TVE-ES ( TV Educativa do Espírito Santo ) and an AM radio station ( Rádio Espírito Santo ), and in Rio Grande do Sul ,

11172-655: The state-wide public television channel TVE-RS ( TV Educativa do Rio Grande do Sul ) and the public radio station FM Cultura (which broadcasts for Porto Alegre metropolitan area) are the two public broadcasters in the state. Regional public television channels in Brazil often broadcast part of TV Brasil or TV Cultura programming among with some hours of local programming. Since the government of Michel Temer , EBC has received several criticism from some politicians for having an alleged political bias. The president of Brazil from 2019 to 2022, Jair Bolsonaro , said in his campaign for

11286-553: The station directly with donations). It is the world's oldest listener-supported radio network. Since the creation of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Pacifica has sometimes received CPB support. Pacifica runs other stations in Los Angeles , New York City , Washington, D.C. , and Houston , as well as repeater stations and a large network of affiliates. A national public radio network, National Public Radio (NPR),

11400-464: The studios have been upgraded to High Definition standard. In the late 1970s RTÉ's schedule was increasing and expanding, especially with the launch of Ireland's second channel RTÉ 2 in November 1978. There was also a growing need for a new larger television studio, as Studio 1 was seen as being too small for many productions. Studios 4 and 5 were constructed towards the end of the 1970s. Studio 4 measures 6,525 sq ft (606.2 m), making it

11514-426: The studios the building also houses the control rooms for the various channels, MCR (Master Control Room) , technical areas for video playout, edit suites, graphics area, scene dock, dressing rooms, green rooms, makeup area, wardrobe, a radio news studio, and RTÉ's main newsroom. In an adjoining building there are also two sound stages which are used for dramas, soaps etc. such as RTÉ's flagship soap Fair City , and

11628-438: The summer. However The Million Euro Challenge" was axed after one series bringing Winning Streak back to its autumn-spring slot. As the COVID-19 pandemic hit Ireland , Winning Streak was suspended on 21 March 2020, with RTÉ issuing a statement in January 2021 saying that Winning Streak would remain off-air for 'the foreseeable future'. In February 2022, reports emerged that the broadcaster were considering plans to reboot

11742-588: The television channel TV Brasil (launched in 2007, being the merger of TVE Brasil, launched in Rio de Janeiro in 1975, and TV Nacional, launched in Brasilia in 1960), the radio stations Rádio Nacional and Rádio MEC , broadcast to Brasilia , Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo , Belo Horizonte , Recife , and Tabatinga , Rádio Nacional da Amazônia , a shortwave radio station based in Brasília with programming aimed to

11856-428: The three major French-language television networks in Canada, Ici Radio-Canada Télé is the only one that maintains terrestrial owned-and-operated stations and affiliates in all ten Canadian provinces , although it maintains only one station ( Moncton, New Brunswick -based CBAFT-DT ) that serves the four provinces comprising Atlantic Canada . In recent years, the CBC has also expanded into new media ventures including

11970-520: The tombola each week to qualify for a New Year's Eve special, Winning Streak: Millionaire , where 48 contestants competed to win a grand prize of €1,000,000 won by Therese, A total of €1,613,000 has been won. During the second half of the series, contestants were similarly selected for a Fun in the Sun special, where contestants competed to win won a holiday home in Spain. In addition, "The Sliding Door Game"

12084-481: The wheel now contained a top prize of €500,000. If the contestant landed on the lowest €10,000 space, they now received a second spin that was also added to their total, which allowed a contestant to theoretically win up to €510,000. In the 2003–04 series, the Diamond Dilemma game now cost two Golden Euros to play, and the Ball Drum was removed and replaced by " Roulette ", which offered prizes from €3,000 to €10,000;

12198-771: The world's first high-definition television technology in 1964 and launching high definition services in Japan in 1981. The public broadcaster in Malaysia is the state-owned Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) and TV Alhijrah . RTM was previously funded publicly through money obtained from television licensing , however it is currently state-subsidised, as television licences have been abolished. As of 2021 RTM operates 6 national, 16 state and 11 district radio stations as well as 6 national terrestrial television channels: TV1 , TV2 , TV Okey , Sukan RTM , Berita RTM , and TV6. Winning Streak (Irish game show) Winning Streak

12312-416: Was added throughout the show (mirroring a similar feature on that series' scratchcards), with Doubler spaces in selected games allowing players to double their winnings. The contestant with the least amount of money at the end of the show gets their total doubled if the contestant who spins the wheel lands on one of 25 slots on the wheel with the Doubler symbol. Winning Streak celebrated 15 years on air with

12426-527: Was completed in 1982 but did not enter full operation until 1986 when the popular weekday afternoon talk/entertainment show "Live at 3" was produced from the studio. Studio 4 was completely overhauled and refurbished in the summer of 1995 which saw it gain a permanent audience rostra installed which could accommodate audiences of up to 300 if required. The long running Late Late Show and other key audience based entertainment shows moved into Studio 4 from Autumn 1995. 2,415 sq ft (224.4 m) Built in

12540-603: Was created in February 1970, following the passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. This network replaced the Ford Foundation–backed National Educational Radio Network . Some independent local public radio stations buy their programming from distributors such as NPR; Public Radio International (PRI); American Public Media (APM); Public Radio Exchange (PRX); and Pacifica Radio , most often distributed through

12654-440: Was followed by "Treasure Ireland", where contestants chose from six of Ireland's counties to reveal prizes. One county concealed the "Gold" space, which allowed the contestant to play the "Goldmine" game: a contestant sat before a table with 7 buttons on it. Six of them were worth increasing amounts of money, eventually building up to a final jackpot for getting all six. However, pressing the remaining button, "The Eliminator", ended

12768-400: Was not enacted until 15 September 1997. Though a public broadcaster, it airs commercial advertisements. In Indonesia, there are three types of public broadcaster. The first two are national-scale broadcasters: Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) and Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI). RRI currently operates four radio networks carried by some or all of more than 90 local stations, one of them is

12882-407: Was played before Treasure Ireland, where contestants picked one of five 'sliding doors' on a board to win cash prizes. For the 2004–05 series, the studio was updated to feature a touchscreen , which is now used for selected games (such as Treasure Ireland and the revived Goldmine). In The Sliding Door Game, now only 2 of the doors contain money. One has €5,000, the other has €6,000. Two of them allow

12996-526: Was rented to a private operator on 1 October 1993 and is now known today as " Chilevisión ". Televisión Nacional, popularly known as Channel 7 due to its Santiago frequency, is governed by a seven-member board appointed by both the President and the Senate . It is meant to be independent of political pressures, although accusations of bias have been made, especially during election campaigns. Ecuador TV

#182817